By JUDY A. TOTTS
Senior Living Editor
First place, professional: Frank Geric, 75, of Westfield Center
When did you start to paint?
“I started to paint just before I retired, about 15 years ago. My wife, Elsie, told me she didn’t want me just sitting around. I was doing stained glass, and I got tired of cutting my fingers [...]

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By ANGELA HUSTON
Special to The Gazette
SEVILLE — Pearl Ferguson, the activities director at Meadowview Care Center, has spent the last 30 years helping people. This past October, her years of service and dedication were recognized at the Resident Activity Personnel of Ohio Conference in Columbus, where she received the Activities Director of the Year Award [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
Chippewa Landing Resort and Cottages will have a little bit of old magic mixed in with the new.
A multi-faceted project being developed on the 95 acre lakeside location that once was Chippewa Lake Amusement Park, Chippewa Landing will have all its hospitality components managed by Emerald Hospitality Associates Inc.
“There is quite a [...]

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– Four tires were deflated on a car parked in the 4200 block of Beverly Hills Drive between 10:45 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.
– A concerned person called police Wednesday to report two children alone in a locked car parked in front of Giant Eagle.
At 9 p.m., police arrived and 10 minutes later the [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — Why is it, exactly, that LeBron James would consider signing with the New York Knicks?
The red-hot Cavaliers, who are way closer to an NBA championship than their bumbling Big Apple brethren, had their way with the Knicks for the second time in as many weeks, winning 118-82 Wednesday night [...]

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Robert C. Reese, 62, passed away Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, at Medina General Hospital.
He graduated in 1963 from St. Ignatius High School. Mr. Reese was employed for 20 years at MTD Products and retired as ITT computer specialist. His hobbies included woodworking and computer war games, especially the Civil War period. Mr. Reese was [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — The game was at Quicken Loans Arena instead of the decrepit old Cleveland Arena, but the Cavaliers turned the clock back to 1970 Wednesday against the New York Knicks.
Cleveland players donned the team’s original gold uniforms with wine lettering and trim, complete with the script “Cavaliers” across the front.
“I [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — Brady Quinn had a pair of pins inserted into his right index finger Wednesday during surgery.
“I’m feeling good,” he said on a conference call from Alabama.
Quinn said Dr. Thomas Hunt, a hand specialist in Dr. James Andrews’ office, used the pins to make sure the broken bone at the tip [...]

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Jaquie Pfister, of Lodi, gives Medina County Home residents instruction in tai chi on Wednesday afternoon. Pfister, who has taken classes for 10 years, said she enjoys volunteering from time to time at the county home in Lafayette Township. (Shirley Ware | Photo Editor)

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — The front office started discussing free agency Tuesday, and initial draft meetings will take place during the upcoming trip to Philadelphia. But as much as general manager Phil Savage would like to believe it’s business as usual upstairs at Browns headquarters, he can’t escape reality.
Owner Randy Lerner said last week [...]

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